Leviticus 14:35
33 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
34 “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,
the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’
36 The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
37 He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’
- KJV
- And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:
- WEB
- then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.’
- ASV
- then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.
- DARBY
- then he whose house it is shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me like a plague in the house;
- BLB
- then he to whom the house [belongs] shall come, and he shall tell the priest, saying, ‘[Something] like a plague has appeared to me in the house.’
- ÅB
- da skal den som eier huset, gå og melde det til presten og si: Det ser ut for meg som det er kommet spedalskhet på huset.
- OTB
- må eieren av huset gå og fortelle presten: 'Jeg har lagt merke til noe som ligner en uren mugg i huset mitt.'
- B1930
- da skal den som eier huset, gå og melde det til presten og si: Det ser ut for mig som det er kommet spedalskhet på huset.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 91:10
no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:26
And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
Read in contextZechariah 5:4
I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
Read in contextJoshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Read in context1 Samuel 3:12–14
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.
Read in context1 Kings 13:34
And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
Read in contextProverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
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